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Lot n° 7

BION, N.

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SIXTH REVISED EDITION. THE USE OF THE CELESTIAL AND TERRESTRIAL GLOBES AND SPHERES ACCORDING TO THE DIFFERENT SYSTEMS OF THE WORLD. PRECEDED BY A TREATISE ON COSMOGRAPHY. Paris, Jacques Guérin, Nyon fils, 1751. 1 vol. in-8. Vintage brown calf, ornate ribbed back, red morocco title coin. Slit in the upper jaw. Mounted title-piece, and 49 off-text plates, 23 of them folding and one colour-enhanced. Enclosed: [THE MONNIER]. ASTRONOMICAL INSTITUTIONS, OR ELEMENTARY ASTRONOMY LESSONS, TO SERVE AS AN INTRODUCTION TO CELESTIAL PHYSICS & THE SCIENCE OF LONGITUDES. Paris, Hippolyte-Louis Guérin & Jacques Guérin, 1746. 1 vol. in-4. Period full calf, ornate spine with nerves, green morocco title coin. Rubbing at the bits and corners. With 15 folding plates